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Our Mission… engaging artists and the community to inspire, educate, and nurture the arts
Lakes Center for the Arts needs your support to meet its goals
The Lakes Center for the Arts was created to help the Lakes Region develop a healthy and sustainable arts culture. It is a proven fact that a vibrant arts culture is a draw for tourism, business and employment.
Currently, LCA’s only public face is its website. LCA needs a physical space. Ideally, it needs to own the space, but for now it just needs a space for workshops, a gallery, meetings, event equipment storage, and offices. Do you have or know of an available space for the LCA? Do you have a space you can donate or offer in other ways? LCA needs to hear from you. Please contact us.
Donations can take several forms; money is always good, but we also need volunteers for both the Board of Directors, to man pop-up galleries, event setup and takedown, administration, writing the LCA Newsletter, contacting potential donors and supporters, artist and all the other needs that go into running LCA and executing its mission.
LCA needs incentives to generate artist memberships. If you have a business can you offer discounts to LCA artists? The LCA can offer those discounts as an incentive to join and your business can grow its customer base. While this is beneficial for art supply vendors and framing shops your business does not have to be arts related. Artists have the same needs everyone else does – they drive cars, own or rent their homes and buy everyday needs. Please contact LCA if you would like to help.
Do you have business, management, finance, marketing, grant writing or other experience that could be useful to the Lakes Center for the Arts? We need your experience, knowledge and advice as a Board member. If you love the arts and what to help grow arts culture in the Lakes Region, please contact us at the LCA.
Are you an art lover and simply want to donate your time and ambition to be involved in the arts? LCA needs volunteers. You don’t need any particular experience other than your desire to help. Contact the LCA today!
Donations Can Take Many Forms
» Become a Lakes Center for the Arts Member
» Money
» Donations of Stock or Other Securities
» A Bequest in Your Will
» Donations of Property
• A Building
• Workshops & Classrooms
• Gallery Space
• Office Space
• Storage Space
» Donations of Equipment and Supplies
» Become a Board Member, we need your expertise!
» Volunteering
A Building
Workshops & Classrooms
Gallery Space
Office Space
Storage Space
Overview
Develop a Thriving Arts Culture in the Lakes Region
The LCA supports its artist members by creating, or partnering with cultural organizations, free regional events and exhibitions or by partnering with other cultural organizations that give artists the opportunity to present their work to the public. If an artist demonstrates their art or gives a presentation at these events they receive a stipend of $250 from the LCA.
One of LCA’s goals is bring in experts to give art business workshops to our artist members to help them learn how to create a healthy art business. Workshops will include art business management, marketing, online marketing and sales, using social media to increase sales and market reach, how to get your work into galleries, taxes for artists and so on.
Another goal is to have a space or spaces where our artist members can give classes and workshops. These spaces do not have to be in one location, but can be scattered around the Lakes Region which would also encourage more participants to sign up for the classes and workshops when travel can be an issue.
A Building
LCA needs a physical location for its headquarters. Ideally this location will have gallery space, and space for classrooms, workshops, and offices. If it also had studio space the LCA could rent out to artists that would be an extra benefit. The space can be be donated to LCA ownership or made available to the LCA for lease if the terms are very favorable. (Please?)
Some grant making institutions require that a 501(c)3 organization own its main property, not rent or lease, and have a full time, salaried director to be eligible for its grants. LCA would like to achieve that goal. Your generosity can help make it happen.
Workshops & Classrooms
These can be in multiple locations around the Lakes Region and can be donated ownership, donated use, or available for workshop or classroom use as needed.
Gallery Space
These can be in multiple locations around the Lakes Region and can be donated ownership or donated use. LCA galleries will always have free admission to the public.
Office Space
The LCA needs a physical presence even if it does not include the rest of its wish list that you see on this page. Ideally it will include a space large enough to have Board meetings and possibly some onsite storage for LCA’s event & exhibition equipment, office supplies, etc, and LCA will own it. That is the ideal, but LCA can lease it if the terms are favorable, or donated with a path toward ownership. Ownership is the goal for the reasons given in the ‘Building’ section.
Storage Space
LCA has tents, tables, chairs, signage and other supplies and equipment that it uses for events and exhibitions. It needs dry, secure storage to hold these materials.
Individual & Business Donor Levels
All donor levels receive these benefits:
- Invitation to LCA Events
- Email advance notification of LCA Events
- Receive the LCA Newsletter (when it is available)
Individual $50/yr
Family $75/yr
Supporter $150/yr
Name on the Supporter’s List on the Donors webpage
Patron $500+
Name on the Patron’s List on the Donors webpage
Sponsor $1,000+
Name on the Sponsor’s List on the Donors webpage
Benefactor $2,500+
Name or Business logo and link to business website on the Benefactor’s List on the Donors webpage for a full year.
Exhibit Sponsor $(Contact LCA)
LCA will promote your business as an Event Sponsor by:
- Displaying your company name and logo on all promotional material for the Event
- Displaying your company name and logo on all LCA website pages associated to the Event
- Displaying your company name and logo at the Event
- Your company name and logo will continue to be displayed on LCA’s website in the Past Events pages as a sponsor for that event even after the event is over
All memberships are annual and renew on your membership anniversary date
